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Where does “biule” come from?

biule (Middle High German) comes from Old High German būilla, from Proto-Germanic būlijǭ, from Proto-Germanic būlǭ, from Proto-Indo-European bew- — "low-pitch humming noise".

Ancestry of “biule”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanbūilla—
2Proto-Germanicbūlijǭswelling
3Proto-Germanicbūlǭswelling; bump; boil
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbew-"low-pitch humming noise"

Words derived from “biule”

  • Eiterbeule
  • Beule
  • Frostbeule
  • verbeult
  • verbeulen
  • beulen
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